Welcome to the 50 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge a genuine effort to help each of us take note of the good things in life. At RS Counseling & Wellness, we believe that sharing gratitude daily helps us all to experience … Continue reading 50 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge #30

“…Jesus didn’t only pray. He healed people from various physical, emotional, and spiritual conditions; He taught multitudes and mentored the disciples; He fed people who were hungry and turned water into wine; and ultimately He voluntarily was beaten and crucified on behalf of all mankind. He even rose from the dead! Prayer was not enough.” Continue reading Prayer Is Not Enough

Our inability to both love justice, and show mercy, does not mean that it is also impossible for God to love justice and show mercy. Our feelings, titles, positions, or perspectives, will never trump the character and word of God. Continue reading No Room Left at the Cross, Part 2

At the same time, I am concerned about a recurring theme that seems to suggest that truth and mercy, justice and forgiveness, are diametrically opposed to each other. There seems to be no room at the cross for both truth AND mercy, justice AND forgiveness. Continue reading No Room Left at the Cross

I don’t know the type of storm that is raging in your life right now. But I do know that God is able to use the storm, and its destructive nature, to help you live. Continue reading #LivingWithBrokenPieces

“…it is time to remove the garment of privilege, exchange it for the cloak of injustice, and then to tear and destroy that same cloak of injustice so that NO ONE will bear its burden again. It is time that you come bow, and break bread with us at the table of inequality and share in our feast of fear, so that together we can prepare a meal of peace, and of a sound mind.” Continue reading The Cost of Compassion

“For with God nothing shall be impossible.” Luke 1:37 Many things in life seem impossible, until someone actually does it. From walking on the moon, to becoming the first Black President of the United States of America, many achievements that … Continue reading #DoTheImpossible

“…For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required; and of him to whom men entrust much, they will require and demand all the more.” Luke 12:48b AMP Growing up, there were times that being the … Continue reading #MoreIsRequired